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High school scores, schedules for May 30, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Thursday’s result Pine-Richland 7, Penn-Trafford 2 Lacrosse Boys PIAA playoffs Class 3A First round Thursday’s results Emmaus vs. St. Joseph’s Prep, ppd. Pine-Richland vs. McDowell, ppd. Friday’s schedule Emmaus vs. St. Joseph’s Prep at Northampton, 5:15 p.m.; Pine-Richland vs. McDowell at Mars,...
North Hills’ Manning, Babicz honored for dedication to 3 sports
North Hills seniors Brandon Manning and Natalie Babicz are two members of a dying breed, and on May 22, they were honored for it at the Northern Athletic Director’s Association Tri-Athlete Banquet at the Chadwick. The annual luncheon honors high school seniors in the area who have participated in three...
North Allegheny volleyball recognizes need for focus in PIAAs
Winning a district championship doesn’t guarantee safe harbor through the PIAA Class AAA boys volleyball playoffs. When North Allegheny coach Dan Schall saw the first-round matchup, he knew the defending state champion Tigers wouldn’t be able to coast. North Allegheny shook off a slow second set to earn a 3-1...
Fischer leads Hampton track team’s strong finish
If you would have told Derek Brinkley at the beginning of track season he would take four kids to states, he might have thought you were talking about one relay team. Instead, Hampton sent four individuals to PIAAs after an excellent showing at the WPIAL championship meet. Seniors Valerie Fischer...
Despite early exit, seniors led Hampton baseball this season
When Hampton baseball players look back on this season, they will remember it as one of the most consistent and successful in recent memory. The Talbots (12-6, 8-2) endured one the tougher sections in the WPIAL: Section 2-5A. It featured three of the four WPIAL finalists from last season, including...
Shaler Area volleyball makes history with win in state playoffs
Billy Dadowski didn’t want the Shaler Area boys volleyball team’s first trip to the PIAA Class AAA boys volleyball playoffs to be a footnote in program history. Just by making the trip to Cochranton last Tuesday to play McDowell, this group became the first volleyball team — boys or girls...
Shaler baseball team comes up big in WPIAL title game
Six straight Shaler Area players came to the batter’s box and were sent back to the dugout in an orderly fashion by Laurel Highlands pitcher Andio Vecchiolla. Senior left fielder Colin Harger broke the string with a single up the middle during the fourth inning of the WPIAL Class 5A...
Pine-Richland defeats Penn-Trafford to claim 6th WPIAL baseball title
With Wild Things Park stuck under a layer of rain clouds, Penn-Trafford and Pine-Richland waited an extra day to play their WPIAL baseball championship. For Pine-Richland, the celebration was worth the wait, while first-time finalist Penn-Trafford must wait some more. The Rams won their sixth WPIAL baseball title and second...
PIAA makes more wrestling changes
When the PIAA Board of Control voted last week to petition the National Federation of State High School Associations to reduce the weight classes in wrestling from 14 to 12, they passed another item. The PIAA allow teams to weigh in two wrestlers at the same weight class at tournaments...
Freeport baseball set for 1st state playoff berth in 21 years
When Garrett Ben made contact with an offering from Keystone Oaks pitcher Sammy Tortorella in the second inning of Wednesday’s WPIAL 3A third-place game at Washington & Jefferson, he wasn’t sure what would become of the blooper near the foul line in shallow right field. “The ball kind of hung...
PIAA lacrosse matches postponed again
A quartet of WPIAL-champion lacrosse teams will attempt to play their PIAA first-round matchups Friday after Mother Nature again prevented them from taking the field Thursday afternoon and evening. Mars will host three of the four squads in a tripleheader starting at 2 p.m. with the Oakland Catholic girls putting...
Sowers throws no-hitter as Hempfield wins 5th straight WPIAL softball championship
Laura Fox fell asleep on the bus ride to Peters Township on Thursday before the WPIAL Class 6A softball championship game. The Hempfield senior said she dreamed she hit a home run, and the Spartans won the title. Fox’s dream came true. Hempfield captured its seventh WPIAL title and fifth...
Derry wrestler Trey Weinell commits to Edinboro
Derry senior Trey Weinell’s wrestling career isn’t done yet. Weinell committed to wrestle at Division I Edinboro as a walk-on. Proud to announce that I will be continuing my academic and wrestling careers at Edinboro! #BoroBuilt #d1wrestle @BoroWrestling1 pic.twitter.com/gpW6JPD2R8— Trey Weinell(@trey_weinell) May 2, 2019 He was a three-time PIAA Southwest...
Avonworth finishes off Keystone Oaks for 1st WPIAL softball title
Avonworth took part in a hit parade Wednesday as the Antelopes blooped and smashed their way to a big lead before the WPIAL Class 3A softball title game was suspended. Once play resumed Thursday, it didn’t take long for the Lopes to finish off Keystone Oaks. Now, they are ready...
Weather again forces WPIAL to postpone some softball championship games
Mother Nature continues to win out over the WPIAL softball finals. WPIAL officials announced the Class 5A, 4A and 2A championship games scheduled for Thursday at Peterswood Park have been postponed. West Allegheny will face Connellsville for 5A gold at noon Friday on the turf field at Peters Township High...
Freeport baseball reaches PIAA playoffs for 1st time since 1998
For the first time since 1998, a Freeport baseball team has earned a spot in the PIAA playoffs. Yellowjackets starter Jarrett Heilman outdueled Keystone Oaks starter Sammy Tortorella, and Freeport plated the game’s only run on a Bradyn Clark single in the bottom of the second for a 1-0 victory...
High school scores, schedules for May 29, 2019
High Schools Baseball WPIAL playoffs Class 6A Championship Wednesday’s result Penn-Trafford vs. Pine-Richland, ppd. Thursday’s schedule Penn-Trafford (18-3) vs. Pine-Richland (17-4) at Wild Things Park, 5 p.m. Class 4A Championship Wednesday’s result Beaver 13, Blackhawk 2 Class 3A Consolation Wednesday’s result Freeport 1, Keystone Oaks 0 Class 2A Championship Wednesday’s...
Beaver rolls past section rival Blackhawk for 4th WPIAL baseball title
Beaver used 15 hits, nine walks and five Blackhawk errors to overwhelm its section rival, 13-2, Wednesday night in the WPIAL Class 4A baseball championship at Wild Things Park. Second-seeded Blackhawk (16-5) won 3-2 when the teams met three weeks ago, a win that earned the Cougars the section title,...
Vincentian Academy edges Quigley Catholic in Class A consolation game
Eric Ford belted an RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give No. 2 Vincentian Academy a 2-1 walk-off victory over No. 4 Quigley Catholic in the WPIAL Class A consolation baseball game Wednesday night at Washington & Jefferson’s Ross Memorial Park. Dan Morgano knocked in the...
Boehme hits for cycle as Seton LaSalle takes down Serra Catholic in WPIAL Class 2A final
Seton LaSalle first baseman Dan Boehme knew he had a good day, but he was unaware it was a historic one until he got back into the dugout after crushing a two-run homer over the left field fence. That’s when his teammates broke the news to him. “They started telling...
State singles title ‘a great finishing touch’ for Fox Chapel’s Shymansky
Robby Shymansky made it to the PIAA Class AAA singles final as a freshman, but he was prevented from capturing the gold medal he sought. Three years later, the Fox Chapel senior was back in the championship match. This time, he was not to be denied. Shymansky, one of a...
WPIAL revises baseball, softball championship schedule for Thursday
Mother Nature wreaked havoc on the WPIAL softball and baseball championships Wednesday afternoon. Thunderstorms and heavy rain drenched the fields at Peterswood Park, forcing WPIAL officials to postpone two softball title games until Thursday. Weather delays nearby at Wild Things Park also led officials to move the third game of...
Top-seeded West Greene captures 4th straight WPIAL softball championship
West Greene coach Bill Simms doesn’t mind seeing his team have a target on its back. The reward is a mention along with the WPIAL’s great softball programs. The top-seeded Pioneers won their fourth consecutive Class A title early Wednesday afternoon with an 11-0 decision over Union at Peterswood Park....
WPIAL Class 2A softball final preview: Frazier vs. Laurel
WPIAL Class 2A softball championship No. 5 Frazier (17-3) vs. No. 3 Laurel (19-2) Noon, Thursday at Peterswood Park Coaches: Don Hartman, Frazier; Frank Duddy, Laurel Players to watch: Logan Hartman, Jr., P, Frazier; MacKenzie Latess, Sr., 3B, Laurel WPIAL titles: Frazier 1 (2017); Laurel 1 (2018) How they got...
WPIAL changes start time for Class 3A softball final between Avonworth, Keystone Oaks
With rain in the forecast, the WPIAL moved up the start time for the Class 3A softball final Wednesday at Peterswood Park. The game between Avonworth and Keystone Oaks will start at 1 p.m. rather than 2 p.m. as originally scheduled. Peterswood Park has two softball fields, so the WPIAL...
